Johnnie Cochran Dead?

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Originally Posted by wendybeth

Wrong, MBC. I trash him because he was an immoral jerk. I have no problem with anyone being successful in their field, except when it comes at the cost of others. He trashed Nicole and the entire Brown family, the Goldman family and any others who stood in the way of his clients freedom, and then he played, as Shapiro so succinctly put it " The race card, from the bottom of the deck".

Can you give me an example of him trashing the Browns or the Goldmans. I recall his criticism was primarily towards the police and investigators, such as Mark Fuhrman and Phillip Vannatter. Considering the not-so-stellar record of the LAPD in the past concerning their interactions with minorities, casting doubts as to their methods was fair game, as far as I'm concerned. The job of the defense is to show reasonable doubt. That is what he attempted to do and I don't see how that makes him an immoral jerk.

You obviously believe that OJ was guilty and guess what, so do I. No argument there. Still, if what Cochran did was so unethical and sleazy, why wasn't he disbarred? I don't ever recall anyone suggesting that he should be.

Again, I fall back on the fact that if the prosecution presents its case well, there should be no reasonable doubt in the mind of the jurors. As it stood, the prosecution failed. You don't have someone try on a glove in front of the jury unless you are damn well sure it is going to fit, for example. How can you blame any attorney from jumping on that when the prosecution makes it so easy? How can you blame an attorney from introducing evidence that shows Mark Fuhrman using the "N" word some 100 times when he has testified that he didn't use it? If Cochran had not jumped on these things, one could argue that he wasn't doing his job.

Anyway, if you can show me some examples of him trashing the Goldmans or Browns, I might be swayed in my opinion. I don't recall this happening though. I recall him attacking the evidence that was presented. I'm willing to keep an open mind if you present anything to the contrary. Otherwise, I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this one.